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Thursday, March 7, 2013

MAC Archie's Girls Collection Veronica's Lipstick Review and Swatches

MAC Archie's Girls Collection Veronica

Are you ready for a little dose of the the seductive, spoiled, rich girl Veronica? Prepare yourself! The next few posts will feature items from the Archie's Girls collection by MAC from Veronica's side. While i loved the soft, natural, girl next door, everyday look of Betty, i absolutely love the rich, seductive purple's from Veronica! Which one are you? Maybe a little of both perhaps?

The lipstick packaging for Veronica's color scheme is very similar to Betty in that they come in boxes with both Betty and Veronica adoringly eying Archie surrounded by hearts, the MAC logo, and the collection name. The tubes however are sleek white glossy tubes with Veronica on the left eying Archie in a heart to the right, followed by a trail of hearts. These differ from the black matte tubes with MAC in silver lettering. While some may say this packaging looks childish, it fits perfectly with the cartoon feel of the Archie's comics that inspired it.

The color scheme is a bit darker than Betty. Boyfriend Stealer is a deep blackened plum in a cremesheen finish. This shade is not opaque and requires a lot of layering. This can leave the lips looking a little dirty depending on your lip shape and size. Liner fixes this problem and i would recommend Nightmoth from MAC. Daddy's Little Girl is a midtone pink violet and has a satin finish. Although it is described as a pink violet i find it reads a little more just simple pink with blue undertones on me. If you are light skinned you may experience this as well. The satin finish appears to be semi-matte on the lips and gives full opaque coverage. Ronnie Red is a bright red with a matte finish. It is my favorite of the three. Full opaque coverage in one swipe and did not leave the lips feeling dry. Boyfriend Stealer lasted about 4 hours on the lips while Daddy's Little Girl and Ronnie Red lasted about 6 with mild eating and drinking from a straw.

Overall I think that Daddy's Little Girl is a great color for girls who like bright bold lips and Ronnie Red is perfect for a classic bold lip. They both also have fantastic staying power and apply opaque in one swipe. Boyfriend Stealer however accentuated lip flaws and did not look well (on me at
least..) without lip liner. Using it as a wash of color left my lips
looking a little "dirty". If you have darker lips or a darker skin tone this shade may be perfect for you but you may still want to opt for lip liner. These shades are limited edition and they can be found here.

2 comments:

I'm on a purple lipstick kick right now and I got excited on this purple, until you said it wasn't opague. The Rimmel Kate collection or whatever lipsticks in their purple (think it's the only purple #04 I think) is awesome! And then my friend said Limecrime is making a Velvetine in purple - I did.

Thanks for letting me know on the broken link. I have it right in the html, but blooger's new post creating layout is evil. Oh wells.

If you're on a purple kick right now aside from the number 4 purple by rimmel, id suggest you check out ravin raisin from wet n wild mega last, or if you want mac just re- released heroine which is really nice. Up the amp, goes and goes, violetta all good choices too. Or cyber if you want something darker! =) I really also like brazen berry the new maybelline vivid shade!

thanks for the news on the velvetine in purple, that is something id love to see!